Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin

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Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin
Date22 August 2020
VenueMatchroom Sport Headquarters, Brentwood, Essex, UK
Title(s) on the lineWBC interim and inaugural WBC Diamond heavyweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer United Kingdom Dillian Whyte Russia Alexander Povetkin
Nickname "The Body Snatcher" "Sasha"
Hometown Brixton, London, UK Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russia
Pre-fight record 27–1 (18 KOs) 35–2–1 (24 KOs)
Age 32 years, 4 months 40 years, 11 months
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 252 lb (114 kg) 224 lb (102 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC
Interim Heavyweight Champion		 WBC
No. 9 Ranked heavyweight
Result
Povetkin defeated Whyte via fifth-round KO

Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between the defending WBC interim champion Dillian Whyte and former world champion Alexander Povetkin, with Whyte's WBC interim and the inaugural WBC Diamond titles on the line.

Background

The event was originally scheduled to take place on 2 May 2020 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, but was rescheduled twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1][2] with the event being finalised for 22 August at the headquarters of Matchroom Boxing in Brentwood, Essex.[3]

The fight

Povetkin defeated Whyte via fifth-round knockout, having being down twice himself in the fourth and well down of all the scorecards.[4]

Aftermath

The two would have a rematch the following March.

Fight card

Weight Class Weight vs. Method Round Time Note
Main card
Heavyweight 14 st 4 lb+ Russia Alexander Povetkin def. United Kingdom Dillian Whyte (ic) KO 5/12 0:30 Note 1
Lightweight 9 st 9 lb Republic of Ireland Katie Taylor (c) def Belgium Delfine Persoon UD 10 Note 2
Welterweight 10 st 7 lb United Kingdom Chris Kongo def. United Kingdom Luther Clay (c) TKO 9/10 2:44 note 3
Heavyweight 14 st 4 lb+ Croatia Alen Babić def. United States Shawndell Winters TKO 2/8 2:20
Super Middleweight 12 st United Kingdom Zak Chelli draw United Kingdom Jack Cullen SD 10

^Note 1 For WBC interim heavyweight title
^Note 2 For undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring female lightweight titles
^Note 3 For WBO Global welterweight title

Broadcasters

The fight was televised live in the United Kingdom and Ireland on PPV's Sky Sports Box Office, as well as in Russia on Ren TV (FTA) and A1 TV (via Amediateka)

Country Broadcaster
Free-to-air Cable/Pay TV PPV Stream
 United Kingdom (host) — Sky Sports Box Office
 Ireland
 Russia Ren TV A1 — Amediateka
Worldwide — DAZNINT
 Albania — SuperSport[5] — DigitAlb
 Kosovo TVim
 Australia[6] — Fox Sports — Foxtel Now
Kayo Sports
Balkans
 — Arena Sport —
Baltics[7]
 — TV3 Sport — Go3
 Czech Republic — Sport1[8] —
 Hungary
 Slovakia
Latin America[9]
 — ESPN — WatchESPN
 New Zealand — Spark[10]
 Poland[11] TVP Sport — TVP Stream
 Turkey[12] — SSport+

^INT - the coverage is not available in UK, IRL, CAN, and selected countries.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dillian Whyte v Alexander Povetkin moved to July because of coronavirus". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. ^ de Menzes, Jack (3 June 2020). "Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin called off for second time with fight to take place in Eddie Hearn's garden". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Matchroom Fight Camp Begins on August 1, Whyte-Povetkin on August 22". BoxingScene.com. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Alexander Povetkin knocks out Dillian Whyte after twice being on canvas". Guardian. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ^ "DigitAlb's Instagram post: ""The Villain" 🆚 "White Lion", cili do të triumfojë? 👊 #Whyte-#Povetkin, ora 22:00 LIVE në SS2. #DigitAlb #SuperSport"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  6. ^ "A heavyweight title brawl! Dillian Whyte v Alexander Povetkin for the interim WBC belt. Live coverage from 4am AEST this Sunday morning on Fox Sports 505 and Kayo Sports". Twitter. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  7. ^ "TV3 Sport Latvija on Instagram: "Dilians Vaits pret Aleksandru Povetkinu! Kurš izcīnīs WBC smagsvaru pagaidu čempiona jostu?💪 Cīņu skaties sestdien 21.00! #tv3sport…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin už dnes večer!". Sport1 (in Czech). Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  9. ^ "De pronóstico reservado Whyte-Povetkin y Taylor-Persoon". ESPN (in Spanish). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Spark Sport enters the pay-per-view ring with Dillian Whyte interim heavyweight title fight". Spark. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Whyte vs Powietkin. Transmisja wyczekiwanej walki w TVP Sport!". TVP Sport (in Polish). 23 July 2020. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  12. ^ S Sport. "Yazın en büyük boks gecesi! WBC ağır sıklet geçici kemeri sahibi Dillian Whyte, tecrübeli isim Alexander Povetkin karşısında. Dünya ağır sıklet şampiyonluk maçına kim çıkacak? 22 Ağustos Cumartesi 21:00'de canlı yayınla sadece S Sport Plus'ta!". Twitter. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
Preceded by Dillian Whyte' bouts
22 August 2020 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Alexander Povetkin's bouts
22 August 2020
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